Sanskrit for beginners

Manuals/grammars:

• [$$$] Michael Coulson - Teach Yourself Sanskrit Complete Course
• [ ] Arthur Anthony MacDonell - Sanskrit Grammar for Students
• [ ] Antoine Robert - A Sanskrit manual for high schools (1968)

Textbooks/readers:

• [ ] Charles Rockwell Lanman - A Sanskrit Reader: With Vocabulary and Notes (1912)
  
• [ ] The Sanskrit reader - Saṃskṛtapāṭhāvaliḥ

Internet resources:

• The Sanskrit Heritage Dictionary (Gérard Huet)
• [] Monier Williams dictionary - windows application

I also am looking for a list of easy Sanskrit texts, so if you have suggestions, please advise.

Sandhi grids

From time to time I need these sandhi grids so I decided to post them here. These are from Coulson's "Teach yourself Sanskrit".

Scholastic Sanskrit

As a beginner trying to find my way in a commentary, I often got discouraged by the technical language used and soon I had to drop it. Now, thanks to my friend Péter who pointed it to me, I am in possession of a great book, "Scholastic Sanskrit" by Gary A. Tubb & Emery R. Boose.
This Book helps you to understand and use the five services provided by commentaries:

1. padaccheda - division of words;
2. padārthokti - statement of the meaning of the words;
3. vigraha - analysis of complex formations;
4. vākyayojanā - construing the sentences;
5. ākṣepasamādhāna - the answering of objections.

Declension -ī -ū

SomDev sent me the following sanskrit verse that I think is very useful in this context.

Memorize this verse for the seven exceptional cases where the nom. sg. of -ī stems retains the visarga:

avī-tarī-tantrī-lakṣmī-dhī-śrī-hrīṇām udāhṛtaḥ /
saptānām eva dhātūnāṃ si-lopo na kadā cana //

Stem	dhī 'thought'	bhū 'earth'	nad-ī 'river'	vadh-ū 'woman'
	Singular
N.	dhī-ḥ	bhū-ḥ	nadī	vadhū-ḥ
Ac.	dhiy-am	bhuv-am	nadī-m	vadhū-m
I.	dhiy-ā	bhuv-ā	nady-ā	vadhv-ā
D.	dhiy-e	bhuv-e	nady-ai	vadhv-ai
Ab.	dhiy-aḥ	bhuv-aḥ	nady-āḥ	vadhv-āḥ
G.	dhiy-aḥ	bhuv-aḥ	nady-āḥ	vadhv-āḥ
L.	dhiy-i	bhuv-i	nady-ām	vadhv-ām
V.	dhī-ḥ	bhū-ḥ	nadi	vadhu
	Dual
N.	dhiy-au	bhuv-au	nady-au	vadhv-au
Ac.	dhiy-au	bhuv-au	nady-au	vadhv-au
I.	dhī-bhyām	bhū-bhyām	nadī-bhyām	vadhū-bhyām
D.	dhī-bhyām	bhū-bhyām	nadī-bhyām	vadhū-bhyām
Ab.	dhī-bhyām	bhū-bhyām	nadī-bhyām	vadhū-bhyām
G.	dhiy-oḥ	bhuv-oḥ	nady-oḥ	vadhv-oḥ
L.	dhiy-oḥ	bhuv-oḥ	nady-oḥ	vadhv-oḥ
V.	dhiy-au	bhuv-au	nady-au	vadhv-au
	Plural
N.	dhiy-aḥ	bhuv-aḥ	nady-aḥ	vadhv-aḥ
Ac.	dhiy-aḥ	bhuv-aḥ	nadīḥ	vadhūḥ
I.	dhī-bhiḥ	bhū-bhiḥ	nadī-bhiḥ	vadhū-bhih
D.	dhī-bhyaḥ	bhū-bhyaḥ	nadī-bhyaḥ	vadhū-bhyaḥ
Ab.	dhī-bhyaḥ	bhū-bhyaḥ	nadī-bhyaḥ	vadhū-bhyaḥ
G.	dhiy-ām	bhuv-ām	nadī-n-ām	vadhū-n-ām
L.	dhī-ṣu	bhū-ṣu	nadī-ṣu	vadhū-ṣu
V.	dhiy-aḥ	bhuv-aḥ	nady-aḥ	vadhv-aḥ

Declension -u

mṛdu 'soft'

	masc.	neut.	fem.
	Singular
N.	mṛdu-ḥ	mṛdu	mṛdu-ḥ
Ac.	mṛdu-m	mṛdu	mṛdu-m
I.	mṛdu-n-ā	mṛdu-n-ā	mṛdv-ā
D.	mṛdav-e	mṛdu-n-e	mṛdv-ai
Ab.	mṛd-oḥ	mṛdu-n-aḥ	mṛdv-āḥ
G.	mṛd-oḥ	mṛdu-n-aḥ	mṛdv-āḥ
L.	mṛd-au	mṛdu-n-i	mṛdv-ām
V.	mṛdo	mṛdu	mṛdo
	Dual
N.	mṛdū	mṛdu-n-ī	mṛdū
Ac.	mṛdū	mṛdu-n-ī	mṛdū
I.	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām
D.	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām
Ab.	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām	mṛdu-bhyām
G.	mṛdv-oḥ	mṛdu-n-oḥ	mṛdv-oḥ
L.	mṛdv-oḥ	mṛdu-n-oḥ	mṛdv-oḥ
V.	mṛdū	mṛdu-n-ī	mṛdū
	Plural
N.	mṛdav-aḥ	mṛdū-n-i	mṛdav-aḥ
Ac.	mṛdūn	mṛdū-n-i	mṛdūḥ
I.	mṛdu-bhiḥ	mṛdu-bhiḥ	mṛdu-bhiḥ
D.	mṛdu-bhyaḥ	mṛdu-bhyaḥ	mṛdu-bhyaḥ
Ab.	mṛdu-bhyaḥ	mṛdu-bhyaḥ	mṛdu-bhyaḥ
G.	mṛdū-n-ām	mṛdū-n-ām	mṛdū-n-ām
L.	mṛdu-ṣu	mṛdu-ṣu	mṛdu-ṣu
V.	mṛdav-aḥ	mṛdū-n-i	mṛdav-aḥ

Declension - i

śuci 'pure'

	masc.	neut.	fem.
	Singular
N.	śuci-ḥ	śuc-i	śuci-ḥ
Ac.	śuci-m	śuc-i	śuci-m
I.	śuci-n-ā	śuci-n-ā	śucy-ā
D.	śuc-ay-e	śuci-n-e	śucy-ai
Ab.	śuc-eḥ	śuci-n-aḥ	śucy-āḥ
G.	śuc-eḥ	śuci-n-aḥ	śucy-āḥ
L.	śuc-au	śuci-n-i	śucy-ām
V.	śuce	śuci	śuce
	Dual
N.	śucī	śuci-n-ī	śucī
Ac.	śucī	śuci-n-ī	śucī
I.	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām
D.	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām
Ab.	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām	śuci-bhyām
G.	śucy-oḥ	śuci-n-oḥ	śucy-eḥ
L.	śucy-oḥ	śuci-n-oḥ	śucy-eḥ
V.	śucī	śuci-n-ī	śucī
	Plural
N.	śucay-aḥ	śucī-n-i	śucay-aḥ
Ac.	śucīn	śucī-n-i	śucīḥ
I.	śuci-bhiḥ	śuci-bhiḥ	śuci-bhiḥ
D.	śuci-bhyaḥ	śuci-bhyaḥ	śuci-bhyaḥ
Ab.	śuci-bhyaḥ	śuci-bhyaḥ	śuci-bhyaḥ
G.	śucī-n-ām	śucī-n-ām	śucī-n-ām
L.	śuci-ṣu	śuci-ṣu	śuci-ṣu
V.	śucay-aḥ	śucī-n-i	śucay-aḥ

Declension - a

kānta/ā 'beloved' (past participle of kam, 'love')

	masc.	neut.	fem.
	Singular
N.	kāntaḥ	kāntam	kāntā
Ac.	kāntam	kāntam	kāntām
I.	kāntena	kāntena	kāntayā
D.	kāntāya	kāntāya	kāntāyai
Ab.	kāntāt	kāntāt	kantāyāḥ
G.	kāntasya	kāntasya	kāntāyāḥ
L.	kānte	kānte	kāntāyām
V.	kānta	kānta	kānte
	Dual
N.	kāntau	kānte	kānte
Ac.	kāntau	kānte	kānte
I.	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām
D.	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām
Ab.	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām	kāntābhyām
G.	kāntayoḥ	kāntayoḥ	kāntayoḥ
L.	kāntayoḥ	kāntayoḥ	kāntayoḥ
V.	kāntau	kānte	kānte
	Plural
N.	kāntāḥ	kāntāni	kāntāḥ
Ac.	kāntān	kāntāni	kāntāḥ
I.	kāntaiḥ	kāntaiḥ	kāntābhiḥ
D.	kāntebhyaḥ	kāntebhyaḥ	kāntābhyaḥ
Ab.	kāntebhyaḥ	kāntebhyaḥ	kāntābhyaḥ
G.	kāntānām	kāntānām	kāntānām
L.	kānteṣu	kānteṣu	kāntāsu
V.	kāntāḥ	kāntāni	kāntāḥ

Verb paradigms

Since pretty often I am in the need of some handy online paradigms, I decided to post them on the internet.
Here are the thematic paradigms - Parasmaipada
Present:

	sg.	du.	pl.
1.	bhavāmi	bhavāvaḥ	bhavāmaḥ
2.	bhavasi	bhavathaḥ	bhavatha
3.	bhavati	bhavataḥ	bhavanti

Imperfect:

	sg.	du.	pl.
1.	abhavam	abhavāva	abhavāma
2.	abhavaḥ	abhavatam	abhavata
3.	abhavat	abhavatām	abhavan

Optative:

	sg.	du.	pl.
1.	bhaveyam	bhaveva	bhavema
2.	bhaveḥ	bhavetam	bhaveta
3.	bhavet	bhavetām	bhaveyuḥ

Imperative:

	sg.	du.	pl.
1.	bhavāni	bhavāva	bhavāma
2.	bhava	bhavatam	bhavata
3.	bhavatu	bhavatām	bhavantu